The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-08
BELLEVUE, La,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1887.
Gen. TT. Nichols on Party Unity
"I@e Seod and unity Of the party
cad tie s0iskes Of tie Democratic
constituencies should Be consulted ard
decided. LAM OPPOSED 70 THE pRoscRIp-
9xoH OF AMI poRTFoN or THE PARTY"
Who IL Responsible P

Who ts Hesponsibles
The New Orleans Times Democrat,
under the caption reform Conspira-
ey," ooncluds with the following:
I'VE ask the Democracy OF Louis
iaaaa to say how far they are willing
TO follow these desperate conspira-
tors upon the forbidding path they
have struck out. We ask all aspirants
to parish Office to consider the effect
upon Themselves of this policy, which
must inevitably result in factional
local tickets and in the consequent
triumph of the Republican ticket in
nerly every parish throughout the
Stste. We ask the white people of
whatever variety of political thought,
whether they are ready to sanction
course of action which points to a
Republican State government next
year, Republican Legislature and
two Republican Senator'S to the Unit
ed States Congress. Finally, what
do the intelligent and responsible
populations Of st. Mary, Terrebonne,
Assumption and Lafourche, think of
q programme which promises them q
return to negro rule? Within the
PAST few weeks they have had to fight
for their lives, their property, their
families, their very civilization. How
do they like that foretaste of the
fruits Of the reform conspiracy"
Now, this presents to every Dem
ccrat an appalling picture. To con-
template it is enough to provoke hor-
rible dreams and make ones chairs
stand on ond like quilts upon the
fretful porcupine."
Somebody is responsible for the
possibility Of such dreadful results
Of Democratic party divisions, and
we do not hesitate to assert that that
responsibility rests upon Governor
McEnery, E. A. Burke and others of
that ilk, who know no God but their
own power to rule the Democratic
party, through the election of 8. D.
McEnery for o third term.
If this be not true, why was not
smother than Sam McEnery made
their candidate Is their faction so
poor in material for proper Governors
that only one man can be found in 1t
to fill the ohice'. History told them
that four years ago a large minority,
not to say a majority, of the Demo-
cratic party opposed the nomination
of the present Governor and empha
sized their opposition to him By re-
ftsing to make his nomination. aNami-
NOUS. The excuse then for pressing
his nomination, as also that of e. A.
Burke for Treasurer, was that they
wished to be indicated. They had
the vindication and election they
sought. -Four years more of their
domination pass BY and again they
come to the front for another vindi-
cation and Q continuance Of their
lease Of power, and prolongation of
their leadership Of the party which
elevated them to their official posi-
tions. Many as good Democrats
many men as sohite as McEnery,
Burke, ct ais, firmly believe that the
good of the party requires a change Of
leadership. If the administrationists
were the patriots and sterling Dem
ocrats they profess to be, they would
have sought other leaders less OBJ
noxious to SO large a portion of the
party. They would have been salts
fed with the vindication they had
four years ago. When they refuse
to do this-when again they demand
their Caesar, is it not patent that they
are more devoted to McEnery than
they are to the Democratic party, it's
principles, its traditions. and it's har-
mony? In other words, are they not
to-day stronger McEnery men than
they are Democrats They know,
and have known, for months and
years, that no other man in their
ranks would excite the same antagos
nisms in the party as s. D. McEnery,
and yet they go deliberately to work
10 nominate him again, and even at
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